Milking-pail.



F. H` NEWLOVE.

MILKING FAIL. PPLIUATION FILED Nov. s, i909.

954,129, Patentd Apr. 5, 1910.

Y @141m vito@ FRANK HENRY NEWLOVE, OF CORNING, KANSAS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

Application filed November 8, 1909. `Serial No. 526,842.

To all whom it may Concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANK HENRY NEW- Lovn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Corning, in the county of Nemaha and State ofKansas, have invented a new and useful Milking-Fail, of which thefollowing is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to provide a milking pail soconstructed' that it'will be impossible for filth of any sort to findits way within the pail, thereby contaminating the milk.

lith this end in View, the object of the invention is to provide amilking pail having a spout adapted to serve as a discharge for themilk, and to provide movable, foraminous means for closing the spout.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hinged lid for the pail,of novel and improved construction and to assemble a funnel therewith,adapted to receive the milk as it is poured into the pail, the funnelbeing so constructed that it is adapted to receive, removably, a screen,whereby the milk may be strained before it is poured into the pail.

Vith these and other objects in View, as will hereinafter more fullyappear, the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangementof parts hereinafter described, delineated in the accompanying drawings,and particularly pointed out in that portion of this instrument whereinpatentable novelty is claimed for certain distinctive features of thedevice, it being understood, since the drawings show preferredembodiments merely, changes, properly falling within the scope of whatis claimed, may be made, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to denote corresponding partsthroughout the several figures of the drawings, wherein z* Figure 1 is avertical section; and Fig. 2 is a top plan, parts being broken away.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided, as a fundamentalelement of the structure, a pail 1. This pail may be of any form adaptedto the exigencies of the particular case, and I wish to bind myself tono specific form of pail, it being understood that the showing of thedrawing in this respect may be freely departed from without impairingthe utility of the device. The pail 1 is provided with a longitudinallydisposed spout 2, terminating flush with the rim of the pail.

A plate 3 is secured to the rim of the pail 1', and this plate 3 extendsover the spout 2, to the periphery thereof, with which it is assembled,the plate 3 being provided with an opening t communicating with thespout 2. Mounted upon this plate 3 and extending around the periphery ofthe spout 2, uponY either side, tween the spout 2 and the pail 1, is anover hanging guide 5, beneath which is adapted tobe inserted a plate 6,slidably, the plate G being provided with an opening` over which extendsa foraminous member 8, a piece of wire netting of small mesh, or thelike. At its inner end, the plate 6 is provided with an upstanding lip 7for the manipulation of the plate.

Hinged at 10, in any suitable manner, to the edge o-f the plate 3, isthe cover 9 of the pail, the same being secured to the rim of `the pailby means of a catch l1. This cover 9 is provided with a `plurality ofperforations 12, adapted to strain the milk as it is poured into thepail. Surrounding the perforations 12 in the cover 9, and secured to thecover 9, is a funnel 14, provided, adjacent its lower end, with acircumscribing, inwardly extending rib 15. Beneath this rib is adaptedto be inserted, to rest upon the cover 9, a screen 1G, which, like thescreen 8, be fashionedv from wire netting of small mesh. Assembled withthe pail l is a bail 17, provided with a handle 18.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a milking pailof sanitary construe-tion, adapted to eXclude all dirt from the milk,while the milk is being poured into the pail, and, at the same time,adequately to protect the milk after the same has entered the pail.

The funnel enters the cover of the pail at some distance from the rim ofthe pail, and, should the pail be accidentally turned over, itcanordinarily be upturned before any considerable amount of the milkwithin the pail has been spilled. Y

If desired, the screen 16 may be dispensed with, the milk in such case,being strained through the perforations 12. When the screen 16 isemployed, the position of the to the point of union be-V if desired,may,

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portion of the cover beneath the screen, will serve to uphold thescreen, without materially stopping the flow of milk into the pail, itbeing understood that the screen 16 may be readily sprung into positionbeneath the rib 15, or removed therefrom for clean- By referring to Fig.1 of the drawings, it will be seen that the screen 16 is bulgeddownwardly in its central portion, to rest upon the cover of the pail,the periphery of the screen upstanding away from the cover. The rib 15of the funnel 14 is rounded in transverse section. This rib 15 serves,not only, as hereinbefore stated, as a means for retaining the screen 16in place, but, as well, as a means for deflecting the contents of thefunnel upon the downwardly bulged central portion of the screen. As themilk flows down the inclined wall of the funnel 14, the

rib 15 will serve to deflect the milk toward the central portion of thescreen, thus preventing the milk from flowing between the periphery ofthe screen and the inclined wall of the funnel.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is A device of theclass described consisting of a pail; a funnel; a cover for the pail eX-tended beneath the funnel and to which the lower extremity of the funnelis secured, the cover being provided, within the contour of the funnel,with a plurality of perforations; and a screen located within the funneland bulged downwardly in its central portion to rest upon the cover; thefunnel being provided in its inclined wall, with a circumscribing,transversely rounded rib, constituting at once, a means for engaging theperiphery bulged portion thereof upon the cover, and a means fordeflecting the contents of the funnel upon the bulged portion of thescreen.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK HENRY NEVLOVE. lditnesses:

wL. S. SLOGUM,

EMMA WILLIAMS.

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